Archive for October 25th, 2017

By : A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA Maithripala Sirisena has a chronic disease of telling flagrant lies, shamelessly denying anything and everything, conveniently pretending that he was not aware of certain things and has a forked tongue to speak differently to the people of the North and […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The GMOA today accused the Finance Ministry of attempting to reduce the tax on liquor through the 2018 budget and said this would encourage the liquor use.It said despite the national policy of the country which is to prevent the easy access to liquor, the Finance Ministry was attempting reduce tax with […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island October 24, 2017, 12:00 pm The British parliament was told, on Oct 12, 2017 that Velupillai Prabhakaran killed Jaffna Mayor Alfred Duraiappah in 1973. The statement was made by Michael Morris, Baron Naseby PC, during a debate on Sri Lanka. Having declared that he launched the All-Party Parliamentary Group on […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island October 26, 2017, 12:48 pm National Freedom Front leader and Joint Opposition firebrand, Wimal Weerawansa, MP, has, true to form, rattled the cage of many a government politician. He said, with his trademark grin, that a bomb should be dropped on Parliament unless at least 76 MPs opposed constitutional reforms, thereby, denying […]

P. S. MAHAWATTE Colombo 5 Courtesy The Island October 26, 2017, 12:58 pm The Most Ven. Maha Nayaka Theras, Kotugoda Dhammavasa, Ittapane Dhammalankara, Thirukunamale Ananda and Prof. Bellanwila Wimalaratne, having gone through the Report of the Steering Committee of the Constitutional Assembly with fine tooth comb, has warned of the dangers of this Report as “it […]

By Tennakoon Rusiripala Courtesy The Island October 26, 2017, 12:53 pm The investigation into the Central Bank Bond issue is proceeding before the COI appointed by the President. It was reported that the Attorney General’s department had submitted a further list of witnesses it wants summoned before the Commission. The list reportedly includes the Prime Minister. […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island October 26, 2017, 12:00 pm War crimes: Cabinet spokesman and Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera yesterday said that the government could act on Lord Naseby’s recent call to Theresa May’s government in the UK to review the much-touted UN allegation that 40,000 Tamil civilians perished on the Vanni front in 2009 […]

Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) today said the interim report compiled by the Constitutional Steering Committee was the ‘foetus’ of a future ‘devil child.’ PHU Leader MP Udaya Gammanpila said the government bigwigs continue to say that the opposition MPs had been scared for no reason and that not […]

By Manushi Silva Courtesy Adaderana The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) has commenced a special investigation into the incident of a female student being expelled from school by the Principal and the school Disciplinary Committee for vomiting during school hours. A special team of police officers have been sent to the area and they are recording statements […]